Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Splash Screen Randomizer v0.7.5


Description:
Splash Screen Randomizer is a simple tool that launches in the background at startup and swaps out the Welcome Splash screen with a random splash screen from a folder that can be defined by you.

How To Use
When you install Splash Screen Randomizer It will create a folder in \My Documents\Splashes (You can change this folder after install if you want) Depending on which version you download you may have 1 splash screen or 13 in your splashes folder. The normal version only includes the splash screen that I released a while back called Merlin XP(which accounts for 200KB of the cab size). While the other has one of nuthin's splash screens and a whole bunch of black_shadow69's.

You can change the Splashes directory by launching "SplScrnRndStg" From the Programs menu. At this point you can change the settings manually by editing the .xml file in the "Program Files\SplashScreenRandomizer" Folder.

Quirks or Issues
* The current Welcome splash screen is replaced(instead of backed up) when the program first runs
* The assembly incorrectly show 1.0 actual version is 0.7.5

Future Thoughts(Feel Free to add your own)
Future builds(after 0.7.5) will automatically back up your current splash screen. Until then be sure to back up your current splash screen if you want to keep it(you can drop it in the splashes folder to keep it in rotation)

I'll be adding the ability to swap to a specific splash screen and to turn off randomization the real 1.0 build(assembly states 1.0 but is actually 0.7.5). Until then you can force it to use just one by only having one file in the directory or removing the shortcut from startup(you can still run it manually).
If any one else can think of any other basic splash screen automation that would be handy to include here let me know.


Requirements:


More information:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=383838

Download SplashScreenRandomizerSetup.CAB
Download SplashScreenRandomizerSetup_WithSplashScreens.CAB


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